Second Reporter at Kansas Newspaper Files Lawsuit Over Controversial Raids

Published on February 9, 2024

A second reporter at a small local newspaper in Kansas has filed a lawsuit over controversial raids in August last year, alleging her constitutional rights were violated. Phyllis Zorn, an award-winning reporter at the Marion County Record, filed the lawsuit (pdf) in the US District Court in Kansas City on Feb. 6, alleging a violation of her constitutional rights to freedom of the press and protection against unreasonable searches. The lawsuit lists the city of Marion, its former mayor, its former police chief, its current interim police chief, the Marion County Commission, the county sheriff, and a former sheriff’s deputy as defendants....

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